President Muhammadu Buhari has sought the confirmation of the Senate for the appointment of Prof. Habu Galadima as the substantive Director-General of the National Institute for Policy and Strategic Studies (NIPSS) Kuru, Jos. The President of the Senate, Dr Ahmad Lawan, read the letter from the President to his colleagues …
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Hundreds of members of the Shiite Islamic religious sect on Tuesday stormed the National Assembly and beat the security network at the first gate in a bid to gain entrance into the premises. Attempts by armed policemen to stop the followers of detained Ibrahim Yaqoub el ZakZaky, the founder of …
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The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons has warned Nigerians to desist from lynching. Mrs Julie Okah-Donli, the Director-General of the agency, gave the warning during an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria on Tuesday in Abuja. According to her, the jungle justice clause is becoming …
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The Bayelsa State Independent Electoral Commission has said that was not aware of any court order restraining it from the conduct of council elections in the state. Remember Ogbe, Acting Chairman of BYSIEC, said this on Tuesday, at a stakeholders’ meeting with representatives of political parties in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State …
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Bandits, suspected to be Fulani herdsmen, have attacked the Great Saints Orphanage in Issele-Uku, in the Aniocha North Local Government Area of Delta State, destroying parts of the building and the vehicles parked in the compound. The founder of the orphanage, Emeka Ezeagbor, who expressed shock at the extent fellow …
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The Oba of Lagos, Rilwan Akiolu, has said former President Olusegun Obasanjo is the biggest problem of the country. Akiolu spoke at the public presentation of Battlelines: Adventures in Journalism and Politics, a book by a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, Chief Olusegun Osoba. The event held at the …
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Boko Haram has reportedly set free a female youth corps member (namewithheld) held hostage since January. Also said to have been released were four other females with the following ages (22 years, 14 years, 15 years and 21 years, all held in captivity since 2017. Their release were said to …
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The crisis rocking the All Progressives Grand Alliances (APGA) has taken a new dimension as the former National Chairman of the party, Senator Victor Umeh has accused the present National Chairman, Victor Oye of defrauding four gubernatorial aspirants before the party’s last governorship primaries. But in a swift reaction, Oye …
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Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, has said nobody can intimidate him to change his stand that Rivers is a Christian state. This is as he praised the Christian Community of the state for standing firm to “defeat the forces of democratic darkness” during the March 9 governorship elections. He spoke …
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The Police have brought Senator Elisha Abbo to the Zuba Magistrates’ Court, Abuja, for arraignment for assault. The lawmaker is expected to be arraigned on one count of assault today. It had been reported exclusively on Sunday Punch that the Police will, this week, file criminal charges against Abbo for …
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